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# Stacking DAO Overview

Compare Stacking DAO's liquid and native staking products for BTC and STX on Stacks.

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What is Staking?

**Staking** is the process of locking STX to participate in the **Stacks consensus mechanism**, helping secure the network and earn rewards. It’s similar to staking ETH on Ethereum.

Currently, over **400 million STX** are staked, with an annual yield of **9% or more**.\
You can track live metrics at [www.stacking-tracker.com](https://www.stacking-tracker.com/).
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**Stacking DAO provides liquid and native staking products for BTC and STX on Stacks.**

Users can choose how they want to earn, which asset they want as rewards, and whether they need a liquid token for use across DeFi.\
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Staking products:

stSTX — Deposit STX and receive stSTX. Staking rewards compound in STX by increasing the value of stSTX relative to STX. stSTX remains transferable and can be used across supported Stacks DeFi applications while the underlying position earns.

stSTXbtc — Deposit STX and receive stSTXbtc. The position earns BTC rewards, with delivery as BTC or sBTC chosen by the user. stSTXbtc remains transferable and can be used across supported Stacks DeFi applications.

Native STX staking — Stake STX without receiving a liquid token. Users earn BTC rewards, with delivery as BTC or sBTC chosen by the user. Stacking DAO charges 0% fees for its Native STX staking pool. This option does not introduce product smart-contract exposure, but the position cannot be used in DeFi while staked.

stBTC — Deposit sBTC, or use BTC that first moves through the sBTC peg path, and receive stBTC. Stacking DAO manages the backing sBTC across liquid reserves and PoX-5 sBTC bond positions. Bitcoin Staking rewards increase the value of stBTC relative to sBTC. stBTC remains transferable and usable across supported Stacks DeFi applications. Redemption returns sBTC.

**Compare the products:**

<table><thead><tr><th width="277">Product</th><th align="center">Deposit asset</th><th align="center">Rewards</th><th align="center">Delivery</th><th>Liquid token</th><th>Defi usability</th><th>Product smart contract exposure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>stSTX</td><td align="center">STX</td><td align="center">STX</td><td align="center">Ratio growth</td><td>stSTX</td><td>Where supported</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>stSTXbtc</td><td align="center">STX</td><td align="center">BTC</td><td align="center">BTC or sBTC</td><td>stSTXbtc</td><td>Where supported</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Native STX Staking</td><td align="center">STX</td><td align="center">BTC</td><td align="center">BTC or sBTC</td><td>None</td><td>No liquid position</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>stBTC</td><td align="center">sBTC, or BTC through the sBTC peg path</td><td align="center">sBTC</td><td align="center">Ratio growth</td><td>stBTC</td><td>Where supported</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td align="center"></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Choose stSTX to compound rewards in STX. Choose stSTXbtc to earn BTC while keeping a liquid STX position. Choose Native STX staking for BTC rewards with 0% Stacking DAO fees and no product smart-contract exposure. Choose stBTC to earn Bitcoin Staking yield while retaining a liquid Bitcoin-denominated asset on Stacks.